IP Library Granted Patent US 9,517,280
Granted Patent B2
US 9,517,280 · App. 14/472,628 · Granted Dec 13, 2016

Ultraviolet disinfection lighting system

Inventors: William Warren Lynn (Hilton Head Island, SC); Steven Joseph Jackson, II (Hilton Head Island, SC)
Assignee: American Air & Water, Inc.
A61L2/10F21V7/00F21V23/003A61L2202/14
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Patent No.
US 9,517,280
App. No.
14/472,628
Granted
Dec 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Germicidal light fixtures and germicidal light fixture systems. One embodiment of a germicidal light fixture includes a support structure and at least one first lighting device coupled with the support structure operative to emit ultraviolet radiation at a first predetermined wavelength. At least one second lighting device is coupled with the support structure and is operative to emit ultraviolet radiation at a second predetermined wavelength. The first and second predetermined wavelengths are selected such that ultraviolet radiation emitted from the at least one first lighting device and from the at least one second lighting device, respectively, is operative to inactivate microorganisms. At least one third lighting device is coupled with the support structure and is operative to emit visible radiation.

Claims (44)

1. A germicidal light fixture, comprising:

a support structure;

at least one ultraviolet fluorescent lamp coupled with said support structure operative to emit ultraviolet radiation at a first predetermined wavelength;

at least one ultraviolet light-emitting diode coupled with said support structure operative to emit ultraviolet radiation at a second predetermined wavelength;

wherein said first and second predetermined wavelengths are selected such that ultraviolet radiation emitted from said at least one first lighting device and from said at least one second lighting device, respectively, is operative to inactivate microorganisms; and

at least one third lighting device coupled with said support structure operative to emit visible radiation.

2. The germicidal light fixture of claim 1 , wherein said first predetermined wavelength is equal to said second predetermined wavelength.

3. The germicidal light fixture of claim 1 , wherein said first predetermined wavelength is approximately 253.7 nanometers.

4. The germicidal light fixture of claim 1 , wherein said at least one third lighting device is a fluorescent lighting device.

5. The germicidal light fixture of claim 1 , wherein said visible radiation has a wavelength in the range of about 400 nanometers to about 700 nanometers.

6. The germicidal light fixture of claim 1 , said support structure comprising a reflective backing.

7. A germicidal light fixture system, comprising:

a support structure;

a controller;

at least one presence detection sensor in electronic communication with said controller, said at least one presence detection sensor operative to transmit a signal to said controller indicative of the presence of a person;

at least one first lighting device coupled with said support structure operative to emit ultraviolet radiation at a first predetermined wavelength, said first predetermined wavelength selected such that the ultraviolet radiation emitted from said at least one first lighting device is operative to inactivate microorganisms;

said at least one first lighting device having a first longitudinal axis;

at least one reflector coupled with said support structure, said at least one reflector having a second longitudinal axis parallel with said first longitudinal axis; and

said at least one reflector being rotatable about said first longitudinal axis in response to said signal.

8. The germicidal light fixture system of claim 7 , further comprising at least one second lighting device coupled with said support structure operative to emit ultraviolet radiation at a second predetermined wavelength, said second predetermined wavelength selected such that the ultraviolet radiation emitted from said at least one second lighting device is operative to inactivate microorganisms.

9. The germicidal light fixture system of claim 8 , wherein said at least one second lighting device is an ultraviolet light-emitting diode.

10. The germicidal light fixture system of claim 7 , further comprising at least one third lighting device coupled with said support structure operative to emit visible radiation.

11. The germicidal light fixture system of claim 7 , wherein said at least one presence detection sensor is a motion sensor.

12. The germicidal light fixture system of claim 7 , wherein said at least one reflector is formed of a quartz sleeve.

13. The germicidal light fixture system of claim 7 , wherein said at least one reflector is half-cylindrical in shape.

14. A germicidal light fixture system, comprising:

a support structure;

a controller in electronic communication with said support structure;

at least one presence detection sensor in electronic communication with said controller, said at least one presence detection sensor operative to transmit a signal to said controller indicative of the presence of a person;

at least one first lighting device coupled with said support structure operative to emit ultraviolet radiation at a first predetermined wavelength;

at least one second lighting device coupled with said support structure operative to emit ultraviolet radiation at a second predetermined wavelength different from the first predetermined wavelength;

wherein said first and second predetermined wavelengths are selected such that the ultraviolet radiation emitted from said at least one first lighting device and from said at least one second lighting device, respectively, is operative to inactivate microorganisms; and

said controller operative to deactivate said at least one first lighting device in response to said signal.

15. The germicidal light fixture system of claim 14 , further comprising a programmable timer in electrical communication with said controller.

16. The germicidal light fixture system of claim 14 , further comprising at least one third lighting device coupled with said support structure operative to emit visible radiation.

17. The germicidal light fixture system of claim 14 , further comprising at least one air-moving device coupled with said support structure.

18. A germicidal light fixture, comprising:

a support structure;

at least one first lighting device coupled with said support structure operative to emit ultraviolet radiation at a first predetermined wavelength, said first predetermined wavelength selected such that the ultraviolet radiation emitted from said at least one first lighting device is operative to inactivate microorganisms;

said at least one first lighting device having a first longitudinal axis;

at least one reflector coupled with said support structure, said at least one reflector having a second longitudinal axis parallel with said first longitudinal axis; and

said at least one reflector being rotatable about said first longitudinal axis.

19. The germicidal light fixture of claim 18 , further comprising at least one second lighting device coupled with said support structure operative to emit visible radiation.

20. The germicidal light fixture of claim 18 , further comprising at least one ionizer coupled with said support structure.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2023
From: PRISMUV, INC
To: AMERICAN AIR & WATER INC.
Reel/Frame 065810/0157 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2019
From: AMERICAN AIR & WATER, INC.
To: PRISMUV, INC.
Reel/Frame 050412/0950 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 18, 2014
From: LYNN, WILLIAM WARREN; JACKSON, STEVEN JOSEPH
To: AMERICAN AIR & WATER, INC.
Reel/Frame 034551/0945 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61871893 · Aug 30, 2013
Related Publication 20150062893A1 · Mar 5, 2015